News1130 - All News Radio (Free subscription) | 28/10/2008
NDP leader Carole James got up on the soap box, much the same as our Premier did last week to announce a plan to stimulate BC's economy. Five versus ten is what it comes down to. Opposition Leader Carole ...
News1130 - All News Radio (Free subscription) | 27/10/2008
NDP leader Carole James is making an economic speech at 6:15 tonight on Hansard TV, which is the legislative channel. It's in response to last week's address by Premier Gordon Campbell. James ...
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 29/10/2008
NDP Leader Carole James says campaigning for two provincial by-elections has been difficult because voters are worn out. She says she's seen voter fatigue in dramatic fashion while door-knocking for tomorrow's vote in the vacant Vancouver-Burrard and Vancouver-Fairview ridings, adding that one woman welcomed her into her home but politely told her she was too late for the Oct. 14 federal...
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
... will be the No. 1 issue in the May 12 vote, a fact that poses a particular challenge to NDP Leader Carole James. Many here still believe her party ran the economy into the ground during its reign in the 1990s, a period some call the Lost Decade.While the election is six months away, the brief session of the B.C. Legislature scheduled to wrap up today or early next week is being called...
Ismailimail (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
Wed, November 19 2008 “This is a real celebration for all British Columbians,” said NDP leader, Carole James, who participates each year in Vancouver’s Aga Khan Foundation Partnership Walk, a charity event that has raised nearly $40 million across Canada. “This is an individual who has done humanitarian work around the world to help people out of [...]
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
... won't be fully revealed until Monday when Hansen tables the latest economic figures. NDP Leader Carole James said that information should have been presented before the MLAs sat down to debate the tax cuts."The fact that the finance minister had not come clean with what the fiscal update was like in British Columbia, what the economic conditions were like, when we are going into the...
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
... impact of the slumping economy."I'm not making any commitments until we see the bills," NDP Leader Carole James said yesterday. "The government wrote this plan on the back of a napkin."More National Stories In an Oct. 22 television address, the Premier outlined a 10-point plan in response to the wilting economic forecasts for B.C., including personal and business income-tax cuts and...
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
... a litre has abated," Mr. Hansen told The Globe and Mail in an interview in Vancouver.NDP Leader Carole James has focused heavily on an "axe the tax" campaign, particularly in rural B.C., a tactic that has bolstered her standing in the polls.The latest Angus Reid Strategies poll indicates Ms. James is gaining ground, edging up to 44-per-cent support, with the Liberals at 39...
Victoria Chinatown (Free subscription) | 01/11/2008
Guest blogger: Gabriel Yiu To clearly stand out a guest blogger entry, all such headlines will begin with [GB]. Tung Chan, the CEO of SUCCESS, recently criticized NDP Leader Carole James’ economic plan on the Chinese radio. When the leader of the Chinese community’s prominent organization publicly condemned James, I must say I was puzzled. As [...]
Chinese in Vancouver (Free subscription) | 01/11/2008
Guest blogger: Gabriel Yiu Tung Chan, the CEO of SUCCESS, recently criticized NDP Leader Carole James’ economic plan on the Chinese radio. When the leader of the Chinese community’s prominent organization publicly condemned James, I must say I was puzzled. As an advisor to the BC Opposition, should I take the criticisms as an official statement [...]
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
... America, has received a cool reception from voters who will go to the polls next spring.NDP Leader Carole James has cast the policy as a "gas tax" that unfairly hurts consumers - an argument that promises to define her campaign and that has gained traction over the summer as fuel prices soared. Between the time Mr. Campbell announced the carbon-tax plan and his government enacted...
Confessions of a Monkey (Free subscription) | 30/10/2008
... but he did at least guide the province toward good direction. Picking between Gordon Campbell and Carole James basically means picking the less of the two evils. But can actually anyone stand listening to Carole James? I sure can't! The actual provincial election next spring is going to be extremely interesting.2. My fucked up ankleI already blogged about it (wow surprise,...
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 29/10/2008
... month, are "out the window" as a result of current economic conditions, and blasted NDP Leader Carole James for unveiling what he called a reckless plan to spend $2.1-billion over three years to boost the provincial economy.Ms. James based her plan, which calls for a $900-million surplus in each of the next two years, on last month's forecasts.That update called for a 2008-09...
Tyee - Home (Free subscription) | 31/10/2008
... released a 10-point plan to cut taxes, slash ferry fares and hand out BCRIC shares.NDP chief, Carole James, released a stimulus package, but still didn't manage to sound stimulating.Vancouver's mayoral campaign heated up as Peter Ladner guaranteed more business in Vancouver and Gregor Robertson promised a happier planet.Polls show that Americans are set to elect Obama. But Democrats...
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 28/10/2008
The provincial government has lost hundreds of millions of dollars this year due to the shrinking economy, the Finance Minister said last night.However, NDP Leader Carole James went on television yesterday and promised British Columbians that an NDP government would promptly spend $1.2-billion - on top of the new initiatives announced last week by Premier Gordon Campbell - to prop up...
